ldd is broken in default install (missing dependency on bash)

[twpayne]

System

• xuname:
  Void 5.4.0-86-generic x86_64 GenuineIntel uptodate rF
• package:
  affected package(s) including the version: Sorry, I could not find out which package provides /usr/sbin/ldd.

Expected behavior

ldd --version prints a version number and copyright notice.

Actual behavior

ldd --version fails with the error:

/bin/sh: 1: ldd: not found

Steps to reproduce the behavior

With Docker:

$ docker run -it voidlinux/voidlinux:latest /bin/sh
# ldd
/bin/sh: 1: ldd: not found

Explanation

/usr/sbin/ldd is a bash script:

$ head -n 1 /usr/sbin/ldd
#!/bin/bash

By default, bash is not installed, so /usr/sbin/ldd fails with the "not found" error shown above.

Possible fixes

1. Install /bin/bash as part of the base system.
2. Modify /usr/sbin/ldd to use /bin/sh instead of /bin/bash, as /bin/sh is part of the base system.

Please let me know if you need any further information.

[ericonr]

ldd is provided by glibc, which can be verified with xbps-query -o /usr/bin/ldd. It's, unfortunately, a shell script that uses bashisms (because glibc upstream is very stubborn), but, due to circular dependencies, we can't make glibc depend on bash (and well, for most usages of glibc, you won't use ldd anyway).

I'm not sure this is fixable at all.

[ericonr]

Also, the dockerhub images are no longer updated, I recommend moving to https://github.com/void-linux/void-docker/pkgs/container/void-linux

[ericonr]

affected package(s) including the version: Sorry, I could not find out which package provides /usr/sbin/ldd.

I see your mistake now: /usr/bin is the canonical directory, everything else is a symlink to it. So packages own file under that hierarchy, not /usr/sbin.

[twpayne]

Thank you for the explanations. Feel free to close this issue if it's not fixable.

[illiliti]

Bash-free ldd -> https://github.com/gkisslinux/sh-alternatives